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Scores soar in Pure It 'SDT' League

Two 300 games and an 800 series were all rolled during a night of bowling at Cedar Lanes recently.

BY FRANK BOYER For the Daily News

Updated:
12/29/2012 05:56:16 PM EST

Pins were falling all over the place in the Pure It "SDT" League at Cedar Lanes last week.

Three honor scores were rolled in the league on the same night, two of which were 300 games with the third being an 800 series.

Ashley Bailey fired her third career perfect game on that night, opening a 737 series with the 300 and following it up with games of 225 and 212. Bailey, 28, is the first female junior bowler to roll a perfect game at Palmyra Bowling, having done it in March of 2005.

Mike Houtz also had 12 straight strikes to open his night in the league and finished with a 706 triple after firing games of 207 and 199 to finish off his series.

Houtz, whose first 300 game was in 1992, also has a career-high series of 845 on his resume that came in August in the Cedar Lanes Summer Classic. It helped the 41-year-old win the scratch and handicap titles in the event, and he also won a Labor Day weekend tournament at Limerick a couple weeks later.

Scott Clements rounded out the trifecta of honor scores in the Pure It "SDT" League with his 802 series that came on games of 268, 269 and 265. Clements' career high is also 845, which came in January of 2004 in the Business League.

For the 55-year-old Clements, who had an 300 game earlier this year, the 800 series is the eighth of his career.

Elsewhere, Marty Posey was subbing in the Contractors League when he fired his fifth 300 game of the season at Cedar Lanes. The 26-year-old flanked the perfect game with a 232 and 228 for a 760 triple.

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Posey also rolled a 300 a couple weeks ago in the Friday night Harry Mack League at Berks Lanes, giving him six overall for this winter. He also has a pair of 800s this year and around 40 career perfect games.

D.J. Zombro collected his 40th career 800 series in the Contractors League at Cedar Lanes recently on the strength of scores of 269, 278 and 279 for an 826 trifecta. The 33-year-old now has three 300s and three 800s this winter.

Jay Rittle earned his second 800 series of the season, giving him six for his career, in the Saturday night Mixed League at Cedar Lanes. The 52-year-old rolled games of 268, 247 and 289 for an 804 triple.

Rittle's career high is an 845, which he bowled in the 2001 state tournament in doubles with his brother, Bob, at Chacko's Lanes in Wilkes-Barre. Rittle has a pair of 300s this year, although only one is official since his most recent one two weeks ago came in a bowlout.

What follows is a list of honor scores rolled recently on Lebanon County lanes:

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